Programs and Initiatives

Through programs that take students abroad and initiatives that bring international students to ASU, we are preparing a cadre of young leaders empowered to participate fully in the civic, economic and cultural life of their community.

Global Development and Sustainability

Research universities in the U.S. and around the world are a primary source of new knowledge and innovation that drives the global economy. Arizona State University is a comprehensive academic knowledge enterprise committed to discovery, creativity and innovation.

Research

Arizona State University faculty and students engage in international academic, development and research activities in more than 80 countries. If you are interested in becoming a visiting scholar, please contact the college and the colleague of interest.

Partnerships

ASU is helping universities worldwide to rethink how higher education functions to educate the greatest number of students to the highest global standards at sustainable cost.

Research

Arizona State University faculty and students are engaged in international academic, development and research activities in more than 80 countries and on all seven continents. We build knowledge exchange, business development and institutional partnerships in Ireland, Mexico, China and Israel, teacher education in Sudan, Philippines, Turkey and India, and research collaborations across the globe in energy innovation, sustainability, medicine, engineering, science and human rights.

The greatest challenges facing the world today – such as climate change or border-crossing epidemics – are complex in nature, requiring expertise from the sciences, engineering, policy, law, social sciences and humanities. In the past decade, ASU has reorganized academic departments around challenges rather than traditional disciplines and established more than 30 cross-disciplinary research units. This enables the university to rapidly deploy solutions-focused teams for projects in developing countries.

ASU Internationnal Development's team works to identify and pursue pipeline projects that provide solutions to the most complex challenges facing the developing world, as part of the Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development.

The Center for Global Health was founded in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change to advance the ability to understand and address global health challenges as a critical, complex part of the broader human condition.

The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is located within a dynamic 21st-century research university with design and arts faculty and students engaged in educational, creative and research initiatives with far-reaching global impact.

The Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions is made up of four schools and 24 centers pursuing public safety, social welfare, public administration and community development at home and abroad.